Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity —in short: what mathematicians call "elegance"— are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
Edsger W. Dijkstra
All programmers are optimists.
Frederick Brooks
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
The best writing is rewriting.
E. B. White
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
Hofstadter's Law
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
John Johnson
The Internet? Is that thing still around?
Homer Simpson
Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head.
Charles M Strauss
What I cannot build, I do not understand.
Richard Feynman
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous